Dalton-based carpet maker Engineered Floors, LLC, is announcing expansion plans for new facilities in Northwest Georgia. “We are pleased that these new facilities will allow for further job creation for the area,” said Robert E. Shaw, chairman and CEO, Engineered Floors. Construction of these facilities will take place in multiple phases over a five-year period. [...]
Criminal Background Checks As A Catch-22 For Employers 3/20/13 The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued Enforcement Guidance (Guidance) on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII). Employers need to revise their use of criminal background checks [...]
Motivating Your Salesforce: Why Traditional Methods Don’t Work and What Does By Joe Laipple March 2013 Observing salespeople who operate at peak performance levels and do a good job – whether they are being watched or not – helps call center managers better understand how to earn “discretionary effort” from the rest of the salesforce. [...]
The Great Debate: Should You Let Employees Work From Home? By Randy Myers | Business on Main Yahoo and Best Buy may have concluded that telecommuting doesn’t work for their companies anymore, but it could still make sense for your business. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sparked a national debate last month when she decreed that Yahoo employees [...]
Atlanta labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP opened its third Texas office in San Antonio. It tapped Stephen J. Roppolo as managing partner for the San Antonio office, in addition to his duties as managing partner for the firm’s Houston office. Houston partner Joseph W. Gagnon will also work in both San Antonio and Houston. [...]
How can Mayer’s ban on working from home inspire innovation at Yahoo? by Laura Baverman , Contributing Writer February 26, 2013 | 2:10pm EST CEO Marissa Mayer expects speed and quality of work at Yahoo to improve with a new policy that requires all employees to work from the office. Bloomberg Collaboration is the buzzword for corporations trying to [...]